Structural Social Studies Lesson that Encourage Deliberation Between External Human Resources and Children: Analyzing the Geographical Field Unit “Hazard Maps for the Region”

Abstract

　　This study examined the development of social studies lessons that encourage junior high school students to engage with external agencies. It was found that to develop an understanding of the common good, schools need to develop lessons that encourage students to engage with external agencies for three main reasons.

1.To develop social awareness, which is the foundation of problem solving.

2.To eliminate student resistance to varying opinions by raising their self-esteem through feedback.

3. To ensure the main teaching materials are focused on real-world issues that external agencies may not yet have examined.

　　The results of this research give some guidance on the development of lessons that emphasize cooperation with external institutions. Future research could focus on developing lessons/units that include community collaboration and clarifying the teachers’ opinions of the academic value of these types of social studies lessons.